Category: 2018 Offseason News

by Dr Lefty As the weeks and months crept by, the theories kept changing. The market will pick up after Stanton is traded…after Ohtani picks a team…during the Winter Meetings…after the holidays…after the Marlins and Pirates trade some guys…after the first big free agent signing (it was Lorenzo Cain, nine…

by Greek Giant By today’s standards this is old news but hey… I am busy in the pursuit of greatness as a painter, son, entrepreneur and writer.. We can’t have everything. Sometimes my posts are a few days late but that gives me the time to reflect on things rather…

by Surf Maui Okay, maybe it wasn’t the best twenty dollars I ever won, but it did feel pretty good–as in schadenfreude! Ben, one of the surf instructors at Maui Wave Riders, my friend’s surf school is a big Dodger fan. Over the past several years–at least after the since…

by Dr Lefty On Thursday, a TWG regular messaged me on Twitter with a link about the Dec. 31, 2017 death of Michael Scott of Middletown, CA, wondering if it was our Michael Scott. I told him it probably was, considering that we knew he lived in Middletown and that he’d…

by Greek Giant Barry Bonds did not get in. Jim Thome, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero (Yay!) and Chipper Jones (97.2%!) were all voted in to the baseball shrine in Cooperstown. Let’s just say that this topic has kind of been beaten to death but there is no legitimate argument to…

by Greek Giant The Giants signed Chris Heston to a Minor League deal. You may recall his moment in the sun on that lurid Summer night in Queens: I like this move because it is a no-risk, high-reward deal. Nobody else in Major League Baseball wanted the right hander who…

by Greek Giant The San Francisco Giants signed center fielder Austin Jackson to a two-year deal worth $6 million with incentives that will still keep the team under the luxury tax threshold. It’s unclear if Jackson will be the everyday starter or platoon with another player, either within the organization…

by Dr Lefty Another week has gone by. Today is January 21, and spring training camps open in just over three weeks. And with the exception of Shohei Ohtani, none of the top free agents on the board has a job yet. Of the ones listed in the top 10…

by Greek Giant One of the fun things of publishing this blog is that I occasionally receive emails and solicitations from interesting people. Yesterday I was notified by Paul Swaney, publisher of Stadium Journey, that Willie Mays Field (AKA AT&T Park) finished third in their annual list of top sports…

by Greek Giant About 25 minutes after publishing my MLK Day post yesterday I received news of the Giants trade for Andrew McCutchen, one of my favorite ballplayers. In deference to Dr. King I decided to wait till today to post on the trade. Happy Andrew McCutchen Day Giants Fans!…